Specific Information on Enrolment for School of Indigenous Australian Studies Students
TERTIARY ACCESS PROGRAMS
Eligibility for enrolment
1.1 This course is designed primarily to meet the needs of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. A person who is approved to enrol for the course will normally be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. Non-Indigenous Australian people may also apply to enrol in this course and acceptance is dependent upon a quota.
1.2 The course is available to applicants who complete, to a satisfactory standard, the assessments required to qualify for entry to the Programs.
School of indigenous australian studies -- PROGRAMS
James Cook University provides the opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to access and participate in studies at tertiary level. The School of Indigenous Australian Studies currently operates from its locations in Townsville and Cairns.
Various education and research programs are conducted from each location.
Tertiary Access Level 2
Townsville, Cairns
This course of one academic year prepares students for entry into an undergraduate course in a specific field of study. Students may choose from the following options:
All applicants for tertiary access programs must participate in the Internal Selection Program (ISP) which is offered twice a year, in May and November, in Townsville and Cairns. The ISP includes a series of diagnostic assessments and an interview process.
Humanities Tertiary Access Course (HuTAC)
Subjects are offered by internal and external mode in Townsville and Cairns. Those marked * are not available to external students.
| CORE SUBJECTS | |
| BR1222:03 | Australian Indigenous Studies 1 |
| BR1239:03 | Introduction to Literature written in English |
| BR1244:03 | Maths A1 |
| or | |
| BR1246:03 | Maths B1* (Townsville only) |
| ELECTIVES | |
| BR1223:03 | Introduction to Issues in Education |
| BR1236:03 | Introduction to Health and Biological Sciences 1* |
| MAINSTREAM SUBJECTS | |
| ED1401:03 | Introduction to Education |
| IA1007:03 | Linking Indigenousness 1 |
| IA1009:03 | Academic Writing |
| SY1001:03 | Introduction to Sociology |
| WS1001:03 | Introduction to Social Policy |
| CORE SUBJECTS | |
| BR1224:03 | Critical Literacy and Text Analysis |
| BR1251:03 | Australian Indigenous Studies 2 |
| BR1245:03 | Maths A2 |
| or | |
| BR1247:03 | Maths B2* (Townsville only) |
| ELECTIVES | |
| BR1237:03 | Introduction to Health and Biological Sciences 2* (Townsville) |
| MAINSTREAM SUBJECTS | |
| IA1007:03 | Linking Indigenousness 1 |
| IA1009:03 | Academic Writing |
| SY1002:03 | Australian Sociology |
| WS1003:03 | Issues in Social Policy |
Science Tertiary Access Course (SciTAC) Townsville - on-campus only